Bangkok Airways Siem Riap to Chiang Mai
May 16, 2015, 12:40 am
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Bangkok Airways Siem Riap to Chiang Mai
Bangkok Airways has a daily flight from Siem Riap to Chiang Mai in both direction with stopover in Bangkok
some questions:
at least it is same flight number, also same aircraft or change in BKK?
do you need to leave the aircraft in BKK?
usually for flights through BKK to other domestic destinations in Thailand, you have to go through immigration in BKK. Also for this flight? or immigration in Chiang Mai?
thanks!
some questions:
at least it is same flight number, also same aircraft or change in BKK?
do you need to leave the aircraft in BKK?
usually for flights through BKK to other domestic destinations in Thailand, you have to go through immigration in BKK. Also for this flight? or immigration in Chiang Mai?
thanks!
May 17, 2015, 12:44 pm
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I have never flown on this type route, but can make a few comments.
The second flight certainly departs out of a domestic gate. I know Bangkok Air did some moving around a couple years ago, but do not know if they created any gates that can be multipurposed to allow an international arrival and domestic departure.
So I would expect you exit the plane and have to clear the special transit for these cases (international to the domestic airports that have customs). The signage calls out the specific destinations. If you have bags, they should be checked through.
If you do not have bags, and have time, you should check the main immigration to see if the line is reasonable (and avoid the line in Chiang Mai).
The second flight certainly departs out of a domestic gate. I know Bangkok Air did some moving around a couple years ago, but do not know if they created any gates that can be multipurposed to allow an international arrival and domestic departure.
So I would expect you exit the plane and have to clear the special transit for these cases (international to the domestic airports that have customs). The signage calls out the specific destinations. If you have bags, they should be checked through.
If you do not have bags, and have time, you should check the main immigration to see if the line is reasonable (and avoid the line in Chiang Mai).
May 17, 2015, 6:35 pm
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thanks exwannabe
yes common procedure for passengers from abroad transiting BKK and going to Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, Hat Yai, Krabi is to go through a special transit immigration (at A/B/C/D intersection) and then go to domestic area (A and B) for boarding and customs is cleared at final destinations (as bags are checked through)
But this one is a bit special as it is same flight number and probably same plane; there is not much time left between arrival and departure and lines at transit immigration can get quite long at peak times
yes common procedure for passengers from abroad transiting BKK and going to Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, Hat Yai, Krabi is to go through a special transit immigration (at A/B/C/D intersection) and then go to domestic area (A and B) for boarding and customs is cleared at final destinations (as bags are checked through)
But this one is a bit special as it is same flight number and probably same plane; there is not much time left between arrival and departure and lines at transit immigration can get quite long at peak times
May 19, 2015, 6:15 am
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You're guaranteed a bus gate for the arrival and who knows about the departure. If i was on your plane there'd be a 95% likelihood of both being buses.
I haven't flown xxx-BKK-CNX in over a year but my experience prior was that it takes close to forever for international bags to arrive after that domestic hop.
I'm guessing you'll be escorted by PG if there's concern for missing the flight which would include a van meeting the arriving ATR flight to shuttle you off quickly.
May 19, 2015, 6:24 am
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As for the bolded, maybe and maybe not. While it hasn't happened in a while I have been bused to the domestic terminal for an international flight and to the international terminal for a domestic flight. Both of these scenarios mandate walking up the stairs to the jetbridge which isn't always viewed in the best of light by all pax.
Also PG makes liberal use of the apron positions/bus gates.
May 19, 2015, 10:51 am
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They aren't the same plane. The REP-BKK segment of PG906 is an ATR 72 and then BKK-CNX on an A320.
You're guaranteed a bus gate for the arrival and who knows about the departure. If i was on your plane there'd be a 95% likelihood of both being buses.
I haven't flown xxx-BKK-CNX in over a year but my experience prior was that it takes close to forever for international bags to arrive after that domestic hop.
I'm guessing you'll be escorted by PG if there's concern for missing the flight which would include a van meeting the arriving ATR flight to shuttle you off quickly.
You're guaranteed a bus gate for the arrival and who knows about the departure. If i was on your plane there'd be a 95% likelihood of both being buses.
I haven't flown xxx-BKK-CNX in over a year but my experience prior was that it takes close to forever for international bags to arrive after that domestic hop.
I'm guessing you'll be escorted by PG if there's concern for missing the flight which would include a van meeting the arriving ATR flight to shuttle you off quickly.
PG906 shows up as direct connection REP CNX and then it turns out that there is a stopover in BKK and even a change of plane. In such cases it really does not make sense to have one flight number for both legs. complete nonsense and confusing!
May 22, 2015, 12:58 am
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thanks for your info! I will take any PG for REP BKK and then maybe switch to TG or stay on PG, whatever!
PG906 shows up as direct connection REP CNX and then it turns out that there is a stopover in BKK and even a change of plane. In such cases it really does not make sense to have one flight number for both legs. complete nonsense and confusing!
PG906 shows up as direct connection REP CNX and then it turns out that there is a stopover in BKK and even a change of plane. In such cases it really does not make sense to have one flight number for both legs. complete nonsense and confusing!
But I do agree with your assessment that in most cases the 'direct' flight doesn't serve much use and could even be problematic if the first segment hits any kind of delay.
Finally, in order to determine a/c type for PG's 'direct' flights you need to look up the individual segments. Unfortunately if you just look up the REP-CNX flight it shows A320 only.
May 27, 2015, 11:28 am
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http://www.bangkokair.com/pages/disc...irpass-routing
Where as AirAsia will do the same flights for around US$ 100 - is Bangkok Airways that much better than AirAsia ?
May 31, 2015, 1:00 am
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Going a bit off topic, not really seeing the benefit of the Discovery Airpass - as per your suggestion, CNX-REP is a single sector @ US$ 200
http://www.bangkokair.com/pages/disc...irpass-routing
Where as AirAsia will do the same flights for around US$ 100 - is Bangkok Airways that much better than AirAsia ?
http://www.bangkokair.com/pages/disc...irpass-routing
Where as AirAsia will do the same flights for around US$ 100 - is Bangkok Airways that much better than AirAsia ?
The CNX-REP flight is interesting because while it's $200 the other 2 segment flitghts (REP-USM, REP-HKT) are $120. This wasn't the case last time I looked at the DA 15months ago.
Also, with a minimum of 3 flights you wouldn't be purchasing just this. The DA works best when you have multiple one way international flights.
Edit: It wasn't a suggestion as much as a comment.
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